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Posted by Joe V on Sun Aug 30 18:20:25 2015, in response to Re: SI Railway - no new cars till 2020 - NY1 video, posted by ElectricTraction on Sun Aug 30 17:57:45 2015. What made a lot of difference on the LIRR was not only replacing 15 ancient substations in the late 1960's or early 1970's with 45 solid state ones, but gradually upping the nominal 3rd rail voltage from 650 to 750.We all know the leisurely BMT Standards took on quite a different personality when sent on to the Queens Blvd line in the late 1950's, which had better 3rd rail power than the BMT. I do hope HBLRT someday gets to Staten Island, though not sure if it can with the Bayonne Bridge raised. But that is not the car to be also run on the main From St George to Tottenville, and they belong to NJT. There is no economy of scale to a huge MTA system in having a tiny SI fleet of the equivalent of 64 75' cars when there is little chance of light rail anywhere else in the city. If it comes to 42nd or 34th Streets, it won't be a high floor SI car. |
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